Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-05-10 Thread ian pettitt
On 26 April 2010 15:08, Markiemark.curtis.1...@googlemail.com wrote: [snip] You can backup and re-instate your previous apps via command line; To backup Code: sudo dpkg –get-selections myPackages [snip] Thanks for all the suggestions and tips for moving to 64bit. In the end I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 26 April 2010 15:08, Markie mark.curtis.1...@googlemail.com wrote: [snip] You can backup and re-instate your previous apps via command line; To backup Code: sudo dpkg –get-selections myPackages To re-instate Code: sudo dpkg –set-selections myPackages sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
On 26 April 2010 14:45, ian pettitt ian.pett...@bbsrc.ac.uk wrote: Hi All With the upcoming release of 10.04, I have decided to reinstall my work machine and move from 32 to 64 bit. I need to run multiple virtual machines and this will mean that if everything works as hoped I will be able to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Ibbotson wrote: On 26 April 2010 14:45, ian pettitt ian.pett...@bbsrc.ac.uk wrote: Hi All With the upcoming release of 10.04, I have decided to reinstall my work machine and move from 32 to 64 bit. I need to run multiple virtual machines

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Tony Travis
On 27/04/10 12:34, Paul Sutton wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Ibbotson wrote: [...] I'm running 64-bit Lucid with 4GB of RAM, however Lucid is only seeing 3.1GB. It may be I have to set something in BIOS I haven't had time to look into it fully yet, but be aware

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Rob Beard
On 27/04/10 12:32, Thomas Ibbotson wrote: On 26 April 2010 14:45, ian pettittian.pett...@bbsrc.ac.uk wrote: Hi All With the upcoming release of 10.04, I have decided to reinstall my work machine and move from 32 to 64 bit. I need to run multiple virtual machines and this will mean that if

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Liam Proven
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: Strange, I'm running Lucid 32-Bit on my machine (with 4GB Ram) and it sees the full 4GB fine.  I gather the kernel has got PAE extensions or whatever it is to support over 3.25GB (although I gather the memory limit per

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Liam Proven
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: Would some of the missing memory be video memory perhaps which is shared, from the main memory. Nope. That is why some RAM in a 4GB machine is inaccessible to a 32-bit OS: because the memory taken by the graphics card other

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Rob Beard
On 27/04/10 13:39, Liam Proven wrote: On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Rob Beardr...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: Strange, I'm running Lucid 32-Bit on my machine (with 4GB Ram) and it sees the full 4GB fine. I gather the kernel has got PAE extensions or whatever it is to support over 3.25GB

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Darren.Mansell
-Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk- boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Ibbotson Sent: 27 April 2010 12:32 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install On 26 April 2010 14:45, ian pettitt ian.pett

[ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-26 Thread ian pettitt
Hi All With the upcoming release of 10.04, I have decided to reinstall my work machine and move from 32 to 64 bit. I need to run multiple virtual machines and this will mean that if everything works as hoped I will be able to replace the second machine I have running windows XP - I work in a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-26 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
On 26 April 2010 14:45, ian pettitt ian.pett...@bbsrc.ac.uk wrote: Hi All I have looked on the Ubuntu wiki and forum for any advice or things to watch out for, but I was wondering if anyone had recommendations/comments before I make the move.  I will be installing it in an additional

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-26 Thread Dan Attwood
I've went with the 64bit on my desktop this time round and so far it's all good. Although I'll re-instaling flash tonight after Jonathons comment. My grand plan was to ditch both virtualbox and vm server 2 and give KVM a try. I like the idea of being able to migrate machines between my server and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-26 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
On 26 April 2010 15:08, Markie mark.curtis.1...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi Ian Im using virtualbox for a XP image occasionally, I wonder if a image created under a 32bit virtual box will be portable to a 64bit virtual box? Mark Fully portable; it's just a drive image. It will run the same on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-26 Thread ian pettitt
Dan Attwood wrote: I've went with the 64bit on my desktop this time round and so far it's all good. Although I'll re-instaling flash tonight after Jonathons comment. My grand plan was to ditch both virtualbox and vm server 2 and give KVM a try. I like the idea of being able to migrate

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-26 Thread Tony Travis
On 26/04/10 15:08, Markie wrote: [...] Im going to be doing exactly the same thing, I wasnt sure about 64 bit since I only have 2GB but it seems to make better sense Hello, Markie. I'm running the 10.04-rc-desktop-amd64 in 2GiB on my Asus A6K laptop: I've just upgraded to the rc today: I've

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-26 Thread Markie
Hi Tony Well, it's because the BIOS tells GRUB what it thinks the disks are while the USB disk is still connected... Thanks! At least I know what to do now :-) I'm still not able to get Thunderbird running 'Lightning' in 64-bit, though - Anyone else succeeded? I've installed the ia32

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-26 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
On 26 April 2010 17:25, Tony Travis a.tra...@abdn.ac.uk wrote: I'm still not able to get Thunderbird running 'Lightning' in 64-bit, though - Anyone else succeeded? I've installed the ia32 libraries.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-26 Thread Tony Travis
On 26/04/10 17:54, Markie wrote: [...] Are you using TB3.x ? Its much better than the previous releases imo. Im running 3.04. Are you saying the lightning extension does not work on 64-bit? Hello, Mark. Yes, I'm using TB 3.0.4 - The 64-bit version in the repo's seems to be for icedove + I